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TV series

The Unit

2006TV-144 seasons7.3 / 10

Covert warriors. Unsung heroes.

A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.

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Synopsis

A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.

Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

First Responders

45m9.0 / 10

The Unit is a covert team of U.S. Special Forces operatives who must undertake missions around the world. The latest newcomer is Bob Brown who joins Jonas' team and they set out to rescue an airliner filled with European businessmen who have been hijacked by terrorists. Meanwhile, Bob's wife Kim is struggling with how much control the Unit has on her own personal life.

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Directed by Davis GuggenheimWritten by David MametGuest stars Valerie Landsburg, Alyssa Shafer, Sayed Badreya, Matt Malloy, Danielle Hanratty, Michael O'Neill, Mary B. McCann, Adam Lieberman

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Episode 2

Stress

45m7.3 / 10

The team, minus Bob, are in search of a fallen Chinese satellite. This quickly turns into an opportunity to capture one of the world's most wanted terrorists. Meanwhile, Bob is questioned about the Unit's role in the rescue of the hijacked plane. Molly decides to visit the Unit's psychiatrist about the shooting at her home. Kim is frustrating about moving and then comforts a woman who has just learned her husband has died in combat.

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Directed by Guy FerlandWritten by David MametGuest stars Bruce A. Young, Alyssa Shafer, Lionel Mark Smith, Brian Howe, Mark Aiken, Sean Blakemore, Kristen Ariza, Christina Gianaris

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Episode 3

200th Hour

45m8.5 / 10

Jonas attempts to rescue a group of American missionaries in hiding in Indonesia. However, he soon realizes the mission is going to take more manpower then he expected. At the base, Mac ends up being shot by Bob during a training exercise and Molly, Kim and Tiffy prepare to host a visiting senator.

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Directed by Steve GomerGuest stars Lindsay Frost, Brian Tee, Alyssa Shafer, Sammi Hanratty, Danielle Hanratty, Shaun Duke, Christina Gianaris, Ingrid Sanai Buron

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Episode 4

True Believers

45m8.3 / 10

The Unit is sent to Los Angeles to protect Mexico's drug minister who has been threatened with assassination and soon his wife and sons are kidnapped. At the base, a former Unit wife makes a return appearance in the hopes of luring the Unit members away. Tiffy is upset when Ryan orders Mack to take time off.

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Directed by Oz ScottWritten by Eric L. Haney, Shawn RyanGuest stars Michele Greene, Andrew Divoff, Conor O'Farrell, Kavita Patil, Ingrid Sanai Buron, Gary Perez, Maria McCann, Robert Catrini

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Episode 5

Non-Permissive Environment

45m8.0 / 10

Jonas and the team carry out an assasination of a terrorist in Spain. However, they soon find out that the government called off the mission and will now not protect them in the country which means there only hope is to escape. Back at the base, Molly learns that her daughter Betsy wants to drop out of college and Kim thinks about taking a college course herself.

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Directed by Ron LagomarsinoWritten by Lynn MametGuest stars Simon James, Alyssa Shafer, Erica Mer, Cliff DeYoung, Alejandro Patiño, Yamil Piedra, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Aaron Hendry

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Episode 6

Security

45m6.5 / 10

The Unit must try to get a listening device to an agent inside the Iranian embassy where U.S., Iranian, and Russian diplomats are meeting. Many are speculating that the Russians are attempting to sell the Iranians material to make a nuclear weapon. Meanwhile at the base, Tom tries to end his affair with Tiffy but she won't listen to him and Kim notices Tiffy at a motel room and does not know what she should do.

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Directed by David MametWritten by David MametGuest stars Colm Meaney, Naz Deravian, Christina Gianaris, Ethan Rains, Alexa Fischer, Marshall Manesh, Navid Negahban, Sarah Lafleur

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Episode 7

Dedication

45m8.5 / 10

The crew must fly to Afghanistan to assassinate a high ranking member of the Taliban. However, one of their team helicopters ends up going down in enemy territory, placing the entire crew in jeopardy. Back at the base, Molly confronts a friend and retired Unit veteran about his addiction to painkillers and Kim ends up getting a job at the local radio station.

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Directed by Helen ShaverGuest stars Omar Metwally, Alyssa Shafer, Ned Bellamy, Daisy Eagan, Gale Harold, Michael O'Neill, Mary B. McCann, Karl Makinen

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Episode 8

SERE

45m4.5 / 10

The Unit enters the SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance Escape) training course and they are lead to believe that they will be guards. The group is soon shocked to discover that they are actually the POWs for an undetermined amount of time.

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Directed by Steven DePaulWritten by Carol Flint, Lynn MametGuest stars Jack Guzman, Alyssa Shafer, Lionel Mark Smith, Lisa Banes, Clare Carey, Michael O'Neill, David Andriole, Cary Brayboy

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Episode 9

Eating the Young

45m10.0 / 10

Jonas and his team must track down surface-to-air missles before they are smuggled out of Brazil after a deal with a drug lord falls through. Jonas gets help from a local boy who informs the team where the SAMs have been taken to be shipped. Meanwhile back on the base, Kim ends up causing even more trouble when she insists that the “Family Readiness Group” deals with what she deems more serious issues. Also, Williams tries to find a way to tell the woman he wants to marry that he is actually a Unit member and not a clerk on the base like she believes.

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Directed by J. Miller TobinWritten by Sterling AndersonGuest stars Julius Carry, Kate Norby, Kathleen Noone, Luis Antonio Ramos, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Sarah Avery, Bryan Fabian, Thomas Bankowski

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Episode 10

Unannounced

45m7.0 / 10

After Bob gets his cover blown in Africa, he tells Jonas to cancel a visit a dignitary is taking to the area because of the danger. However, the official refuses and something shocking is quickly learned about why he really wants to go there. Meanwhile, Kim has an encounter while at the radio station and Molly gets offered a real estate opportunity.

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Directed by Bill L. NortonGuest stars Mark Harelik, Kirk B.R. Woller, Gale Harold, Larry Sullivan, Nadege August, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Theo Rossi, Kavita Patil

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Episode 11

Exposure

45m7.0 / 10

Keith Soto returns to the base for a reunion and it's quickly discovered by Jonas and Col. Tom Ryan that he is a newspaper reporter who is writing an article that will expose the Unit. Jonas decides there is only one way to get him to not print the story. Meanwhile, with some help from Tiffy and Kim, Molly tracks down the woman who scammed $40,000 of the women's investment fund.

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Guest stars Lois Hall, Kenneth Mitchell, Kirk B.R. Woller, Ricardo Wilke, Mark Pellegrino, Michael O'Neill, Kenny Suarez, Susan Berman

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Episode 12

Morale, Welfare and Recreation

45m7.0 / 10

The Unit is called in to consult on a bomb planted in an Atlanta bank, but they soon learn that the bomb might be nuclear. Meanwhile, Bob and Kim decide to take a much needed vacation, but Kim soon discovers that Bob has whisked her away on a mission and wants her to help him out.

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Directed by Félix AlcaláWritten by Sterling Anderson, Paul RedfordGuest stars Andy Umberger, Jim Frangione, Saemi Nakamura, James MacDonald, Natalija Nogulich, Andy Davoli, Tom Kiesche, Jeris Poindexter

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Episode 13

The Wall

45mfinale

The Unit ends up detaining a former Yugoslav general who was wanted for war crimes and then allows lets the U.N. take credit for their capture. However, the criminal soon escapes U.N. custody and he is now seeking retaliation against Jonas for capturing him. Meanwhile at the base, Tiffy is convinced that Mack has decided to re-up with the Unit and she's thinking of divorcing him, and Kim is the recipient of some disturbing news.

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Directed by David MametWritten by Eric L. Haney, Lynn MametGuest stars Michele Greene, Alyssa Shafer, Jonno Roberts, Sammi Hanratty, Rebecca Pidgeon, Danielle Hanratty, Sebastian Roché, Yasen Peyankov

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Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026

More about The Unit

Cast

Dennis HaysbertJonas Blane
Regina TaylorMolly Blane
Scott FoleyBob Brown
Audrey Marie AndersonKim Brown
Max MartiniMack Gerhardt
Abby BrammellTiffy Gerhardt
Michael IrbyCharles Grey
Robert PatrickTom Ryan

Credits

Created by
David Mamet
Written by
David Mamet, Lynn Mamet, Eric L. Haney

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
69
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • CBSUnited States
  • 20th Century Fox TelevisionUnited States
  • MiddKid ProductionsUnited States

Themes

militarymilitary unit